Dose Administration Aids

Dose administration aids (DAAs) are devices such as compartmentalised boxes, sachet packs or blister packs which are used to aid the administration of solid, oral medications.

The Dose administration aid (DAA) used by Wangaratta Pharmacy is a blister pack called a Perso Pack (pictured right) which can greatly assist in managing the administration of medicine and the other common problem of compliance.

This administration aid is now used by thousands of people of all age groups who need to take medication on a regular basis. This professional service also eliminates all the handling of tablet containers, storage of medication and contacting doctors for repeat prescriptions by patients, carers or parents.

This service provides great value as it is quite labour intensive and with every fill a Pharmacist is required to:

perform a medication review

fill prescriptions as they run out

liase with the patient’s doctor for new prescriptions

the physical filling and checking of the blister Perso Pack

administrative tasks such as filling out the record chart with each supply

storage and filing of patients medication and prescriptions

delivery ( where applicable )

Our professional Perso Pack charges are as follows:

$15.00 initial set-up charge for first fill

$7.00 per pack thereafter

$7.00 per change – this occurs when we are required to add or remove tablets if requested by the patient’s doctor.

All of these charges are subject to an annual review.

Please contact our friendly dispensary staff if you have any further questions or if you have already decided take advantage of this service.

If you wish to commence this service please download the form in the PDF file provided which sets our all the requirements for our initial set-up.

The form is merely to inform and streamline the process and if you do not have a printer please just read the form and bring in the relevant information along with all current medication, prescriptions and an up-to-date medication chart from the doctor.

The medication chart is to be requested by you and can be faxed through to our pharmacy on 57 21 9039 to save collection from the surgery if this is more convenient.

If the patient lives within the town limits we also provide a FREE weekly delivery service OR you can collect from the pharmacy. If out of town, it is strictly on a collection basis and will weekly OR on a fortnightly interval if more convenient.